Chinese word

预期

Pronunciation

Pinyinyù qī

Meaning

  • verbexpect

Example

我预期他会迟到。wǒ yù qī tā huì chí dào

I expect him to be late.

Illustration for 预期 (expect)

More examples

公司预期明年业绩会提高。gōng sī yù qī míng nián yè jì huì tí gāo

The company expects its performance to improve next year.

Core concept

A forward-looking estimate that shapes what someone treats as likely to happen.

Common phrases

  • 预期会yù qī huì

    expect to

  • 预期达到yù qī dá dào

    expect to reach

  • 预期增长yù qī zēng zhǎng

    expect to grow

Similar words

预计yù jì: Work out a likely future result or time from a plan and its conditions.
估计gū jì: Make an approximate estimate of an amount or chance when information is limited.
预料yù liào: Expect an event to happen because present signs or circumstances point to it.
预测yù cè: Predict a specific future result through data, evidence, or a theory.

Definition in Chinese

根据现有信息，对未来结果或情况作出估计或预想。gēn jù xiàn yǒu xìn xī duì wèi lái jié guǒ huò qíng kuàng zuò chū gū jì huò yù xiǎng

Word origin

The compound 预 (yù, "beforehand") + 期 (qī, "expected time or outcome") frames the future as an outcome considered before it arrives.

Usage tips

  • It is useful for discussing practical expectations without showing whether the speaker welcomes or dislikes the outcome.

Other meanings

  • predictverb
  • count onverb

Related words

  • 预期值yù qī zhíexpected valuenoun
  • 预期寿命yù qī shòu mìnglife expectancynoun
  • 预期收益yù qī shōu yìexpected returnsnoun

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